As title say, I get the sweet smell of coolant when turning hard right.
No leaks in the system have been found, and its not using coolant either.
S4 13B engine, not that it should matter.

Ideas ?

TIA...
-Kim

 

Wow, that's a really odd one.

Only thing I can think of is that once I had a slow leak where the intake manifold met the engine. It would pool a little on top of the intake manifold. It wasn't hot enough to burn off there, but I'd imagine that if you did a hard right, that small pool would slosh over onto the engine, or maybe go a bit sideways and go down to hit the exhaust manifold... but it's really a long shot.

Check for coolant pooling on top of your intak manifold, though honestly I don't know what the LIM looks like an an S4 13b compared to the mani on my S3 12a.

Other than that, check near the resivoir, and just keep an eye on it.

Jon

 

Hows the level in your overflow tank? Since its only on right turns it sorta makes me think that its leaking from somewhere, probably on the right side of your engine bay. Are we talking any right hand turn or just hard right turns?
Could the fan be blowing coolant from somewhere onto your exhaust manifold?

 

Hopefully it's not the heater core.

 

Bad seal on a rad cap?

 

I have not checked for small pools of coolant, as the coolant level does not drop.
Heatercore is fine, no leaks.
Overflow level is at between low and full.
Im starting to think it could be inside trhe car.

Thanks for the suggestions, keep them coming

 

I know, it's the bottle of prestone behind the passenger's seat!

lol

Jon

 

Now that You mentioned it, i actually do have a jug of glycolium behind the passengers seat

 

Lol!



Actually i have aquick question? i noticed a while back that there was csome coolant on top of my engine right under the carburator......I never run hot...and i have no leaks anywhere.......any ideas what this could be? Sorry for the thread hijack...but i think you found your problem kim!!! lol

 

Haha, with coolant there you obviously have a leak somewhere, that one is most likely improperly seated or old O-rings and gasket between the intake and the engine.

 

DOH found out it was the Windscreen washerfluid reservoir t´which was spilling onto the manifold when turning hard...

 

Good one, lol. Simple fixes are the best ones.